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Dorrie Ambler, a private detective, investigates the murder of a woman who resembles Minerva Minden, who is accused of causing a hit-and-run accident. They look alike, they act alike and the resemblance is close enough that Mason begins wondering who he's actually representing. Accompanied by private detective Paul Drake, his investigation takes him all across town picking up leads, and coming within arm's reach of a killer. The look alikes both hire and lie to Mason. The car used was stolen for a getaway. For immunity from prosecution, thief Dunleavey Jasper claims Minden shot Ambler.
First publish date: 1963
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Erle Stanley Gardner
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